St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-12

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dead" There were some who stood
there that Easter morning whose eyes
grew misty as they recalled other
graves perhaps far away, bnt all dear
and all lightened by the light with
which Easter morning floods the whole
world. There was most hearty and
touching response to the prayer.
ssKeep us in everlasting fellowship
with those of our brethren and sisters
who since last Easter day have entered
into the joy of their Lord and with the
whole church triumphant and let us
rest together in thy presence from our
labors."
AS the sun came up over the hill
we heard the grand refrain "Glory be
to Him who is the resurrection and the
life; He was dead and behold He is
alive forevermore and he that be-
lieveth in Him though he were dead
yet shall he live"
When Charles Lamb was asked why
he liked Quaker meeting he answered,
81 like to turn out of the noise and
dust of the streets of London and take
| bath of silence" 1t is indeed re-
| freshing to go now and then from a
fashionable church where you have
the blazing of soft light, the swell of
organ peals, sweetest notes of prima
donna and flowing periods of pulpit
elOguence to stir the heart to it's very
depths, and sit down with these Nain
people and come into harmony with
old fashioned religion.
The MOravians or United Brethren
were first known in Hernnhut, about
so miles from Dresden. 1t is a plain
village of Quaker simplicity and about
1000 people, where all is neat, orderly
and pervaded by the religious element.
The blouse of the Brethren" and the
"House of the Sisters" are the homes
of unmarried men and women respec-
lively. No celibate or mOnastic vows
are taken, and the association is vol
untary in the interests of economy, in
dustry and Christian labor. A strik
ing popularity is that marriages are de-
cided by lot, the decision being pre-
faced by a most solemn service of
prayer. When we read that divorces
are unknown among them and recall
the records of the courts we dare not
criticise.
The MOravian Brethren lead all
christendOm in the high average of
their missionary conservation and con-
tribution. They especially emphasize
the person and work of the Lord Jesus
as Redeemer, both by pulpit and press.
Their morality is blameless. Capital
crimes are unknown. Like the Wal
denses they seem to be appointed of
God to keep alive the embers of the
primitive faith and apostolic spirit in
the midst of the wOrldliness, extrava
gance and selfishness that wOnld
quench even the fires of God. The
MOravians never admit that it is i'm
material what man believes, but
they hold that it is of far greater i'm
pOrtance to have Christ in the heart
and to live life of faith in and love to
Him than to be irreprOachably correct
in theOretic adherence to an elabO
rate confession of faith drawn up by
the hand of man. | wonder if the
American Bourd woald fellowship their |
missions!
AS one cannot come from Penn
sylvania to New York without riding
over the outlying province of New
Jersey, it seemed well to look in upon
a St. Johnsbury friend, the Rev. George
the great honor he has received in be-
ing called to the presidency of Iowa
Those of us who live near
MOntclair and know of the good earn
est work he has done there and of the
loyal devotion of his church to him,
feel sure that his future will be one of
success and that Iowa College will yet
be power in the world. Speaking of
colleges reminds me that went "crOss-
lots" and took in New Haven, spend
ing Sunday there. Being made will
ing to imbibe "heresy and schism"
heard Rev. II. t. Munger in the morn
ing and Rev. Newman Smythe in the
afternoon. Had | not known that
they were heretics [ should have been
persuaded that | had listened to two
most excellent sermons, pervaded with
gospel truth and sweet Christian tenn
per.
Sauntering across the beautiful green
under the row of arching elms, soon to
be bewitching in their spring attire, |
net Mrs. Colby and her daughter, and
or mOmeut L was in st. JOhnsbury
again. Many years of hard work and
neagre result had faded away saw
he old academy and recalled the beck
IN of the finger which no pupil has
'ver forgotten. When the true history
If st. Johnsbury is written, when the
'nly clear light falls on the record, no
Iame will shine brighter, none have /,
ound it a greater halo of love and ,
everence than the name of James X. +
;olby. c.M. /
Brooklyn, N. Y, April 90, '87.
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